NgoDisemba 11, 2021, umhlaba wezincwadi walahlekelwa elinye lamathalenta amakhulu ekhulwini lamashumi amabili. U-Anne Rice usungule kabusha indlela esasicabanga ngayo ngama-vampires, abathakathi, nemimoya, futhi wayenesibopho mathupha ngemfashini yama-Gothic maphakathi nawo kuya ngasekupheleni kwawo-90s.

Emuva ngo-2016, ngaba nokuhlonishwa noma ukuxoxisana noRice ngemva kokukhululwa kwencwadi yakhe, INkosana uLestat kanye nezindawo zase-Atlantis. Kwakuyisikhathi esiyingqopha-mlando emsebenzini wami njengombhali futhi leso engiyosazisa impilo yami yonke. Ngokuhlonipha uNksz Rice, namagalelo akhe ohlotsheni, i-iHorror ingathanda ukuthi uphinde uvakashele isikhathi sethu nalo mbhali omangalisayo.

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U-Anne Rice. Isidingo esisodwa sokuzwa noma ukufunda igama futhi ingqondo igcwele imibono yezindawo zama-gothic, ama-chateaus asendulo, i-New Orleans, i-Egypt, kanye nama-vampires amahle ahamba emahholo awo futhi ahlasele imigwaqo yawo. Eminyakeni engama-40 kusukela Ukuxoxisana neVampire ukhishwe okokuqala, ukwazile ukuzenzela owakhe umkhono kuhlobo lwezinganekwane, wakha into esabekayo, evusa amadlingozi, eyinganekwane nezothando. Into abalandeli abazokutshela yona yeqa lawo amalebula kunqubo.

Ngihlangane okokuqala Interview esikoleni esiphakeme ngemuva nje kokukhishwa kwefilimu futhi ngathola masinyane ikhophi yencwadi futhi ngayidla ngamahora ambalwa. Ukuthi ngingu-fan Rice fan ka-Anne Rice kungafaneleka, ngakho-ke ungacabanga ngenjabulo engiyitholile lapho evuma ukungiphendula imibuzo embalwa ngencwadi yakhe yakamuva INkosana uLestat kanye nezindawo zase-Atlantis.  

Incwadi yakamuva kuye IziKronike zeVampire Uxoxa indaba abalandeli bakhe abaningi abakade befuna ukuyizwa isikhathi eside, becubungula umlando womoya ongaqondakali u-Amel owadala ama-vampire okuqala lapho ehlanganisa ingqikithi yakhe negazi nemizimba yeNkosi u-Enkil neNdlovukazi u-Akasha ngemuva bakhashelwa ngabalandeli babo. Kwakuyindaba engama-40 ekwenziweni, kepha kuze kube muva nje prince lestat kanye nokulandelelwa kwayo, kusho umbhali, ubengakacabangi ukuxoxa indaba yakhe ngaphezu kwalokho ebesikwazi kakade.

“Simazi ezincwadini eziningi njengomoya ophilisayo futhi oxhumanisa wonke ama-vampire, kodwa amakhulu eminyaka kukholakala ukuthi wayelahlekelwe ubuntu bakhe kuwo wonke amazinga,” eqala. “Ehlala e-Akasha, iNdlovukazi yamaVampires, ubebonakala engenantando noma izwi elingelakhe. Ngisho nangemva kokungeniswa kumphathi omusha Indlovukazi Yalahliwe,u-Amel wayesebonakala equlekile. Futhi wonke ama-vampire ayazi ukuthi ukufa komninikhaya kwakuyosho ukufa kuka-Amel nokufa kwaso sonke isizwe njengokungathi wonke ama-vampire ayeqhakaza emvinini oxhumene no-Amel.”

"Yebo, konke lokhu kwashintsha INkosana uLestat lapho u-Amel eqala ukukhuluma ngocingo kanye nangama-vampire asengozini futhi ekugcineni wangeniswa ngokuzithandela ku-Lestat owaba usokhaya kanye nenkosana yesizwe,” waqhubeka. “Ngena ezindaweni sithola okuningi ngo-Amel, imvelo yakhe, ubuntu bakhe, ukuthi waba kanjani umoya nomoya onamandla kangaka, njll. Angizange ngikuhlele lokhu kusukela ekuqaleni. Akukho lutho mayelana namanoveli ami e-vampire olwahlelwa kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngihlonze no-Lestat njengoba ayehamba phakathi neminyaka efuna izimpendulo futhi ehlangabezana namathuba okuba nohambo oluhlukile. Ibhuku ngalinye elisha livela encwadini engaphambi kwayo. Ngiyayithanda le nqubo, ngokungananazi. Ngiyakuthanda ukuba nguLestat. Ngiyakuthanda ukubuza imibuzo nokucabanga izimpendulo.”

Njengoba ungaphetha ngalesi sihloko, indaba ka-Amel iboshelwe ngqo esiqhingini esilahlekile sase-Atlantis kanye nemfihlakalo enkulu ezungeze umsuka wayo nokuwa kwayo kusukela ngesikhathi sikaPlato. Kwakuwumzamo onobungozi, kepha uRice uthi, ngulowo obonakala ukhokhele. Le ncwadi inesilinganiso esiphakeme kunazo zonke e-Amazon kunoma iyiphi yezincwadi zayo kusukela eminyakeni engama-20 edlule. Iyamjabulisa leyo mpendulo, futhi iveza ukuthi umphakathi ekugcineni unquma ukuthi incwadi iyasebenza noma cha. Akaphazanyiswa ukungabi nogqozi kwabanye abafundi.

“Impela bakhona abangayinakile incwadi. Lokhu kuhlala kunjalo. Futhi kukhona abambalwa abagxeka isici sayo sokuqanjwa kwesayensi; ” URice uveza, “kepha kimi ama-vampire ayingxenye enkulu yawo, kanye nokuqagela nge-Atlantis, kanti uLestat uphakathi nendawo nenkantolo ekhazimulayo yama-vampire esontweni lakhe eFrance, futhi kimi iyinhlanganisela eyenelisayo zothando lwe-gothic, izinto eziqanjiwe zesayensi, kanye nezici kimi ezenza iVampire Chronicles ihluke futhi ingenakudlula. Ukube bekufanele ngihlukanise incwadi, bengizoyibiza ngokuthi yinto evusa inkanuko. Zonke izincwadi zami ziyizinto ezijabulisayo zokuzibumbela njengoba ngibona. ”

Ukuxoxa indaba ka-Amel kusifikise ezindaweni ezintsha nezijabulisayo futhi iRice isethula ohlotsheni olusha sha lokungafi. Ahluke ngokuphelele kuma-vampire kubhayoloji yawo nasendleleni yokuzala, kanye nezinye zezidalwa ezithakazelisa kakhulu ezivela ezincwadini zikaRice. Nokho, uveza ukuthi ngempela indaba yabo ingabantu njengama-vampire, futhi izisusa zabo ziyefana nezethu.

“Ukuzala kuyindikimba yencwadi yeziKronike njengoba nje ukungafi kuyindikimba. Lezi zidalwa ezingafi zizala kanjani? Futhi njalo bazizwa benesidingo esikhulu sokwenza lokhu. Yebo, konke lokhu kungokomfanekiso ngathi, mayelana nomuzwa wethu wokuthi asifi, ukholo lwethu lokuthi sinemiphefumulo engafi, nokulangazelela kwethu ukuzala ngothando. Ngiyazifela ngalezi zifenqo,” usho kanje. “Kodwa kuhlale kumayelana nathi. Wonke amanoveli amahle angaphezu kwawemvelo kanye nenganekwane akhuluma ngathi, ngesimo somuntu. Zonke izinganekwane ezinhle zesayensi engake ngazifunda zikhuluma ngathi, ngenhliziyo nomphefumulo womuntu.”

Umbhali wenze esinye sezinyathelo ezinesibindi ongazicabanga ekulandiseni indaba ka-Amel futhi njengoba ama-vampires akhe eza nemvelaphi yawo. Ngokushaywa ngosiba, ukuvela kanye nekusasa lama-vampire kuvulwe ngokuphelele ekhanda. Kwakunzima ukuyifunda futhi ngangingacabangi ukuyibhala, kepha futhi, umbhali wasondela kule ndaba ngombono ohlukile futhi wanikeza omunye umbono ngenqubo yakhe ngasikhathi sinye.

“Kuthathe isibindi. Yebo, ngishintsha izinto ngokuphawulekayo kuLestat nesizwe. Kepha lokhu ngibona kuvula iminyango engaphezu kweyodwa kaLestat nezimvubu, ukuthola izincwadi eziningi ezikhuluma ngezitha nezingqinamba ababhekene nazo manje, ”kuchaza yena. “Konke bekuzwakala kahle ngesikhathi ngikwenza. Ngingumuntu osebenza ngokomzwelo wemvelo, othembela kakhulu kule nqubo, ngizifaka kuLestat futhi ngibona umhlaba ngamehlo akhe… futhi uma kungazizwa kahle, vele akubhalwa. Konke lokhu bekuzwakala kulungile. ”

Ushintsho luvula iminyango yama-vampire akhe nokungafi okusha okuthokozisa ikhasi. Laba bobabili babopheke ngokungenakuhlukaniswa, kusho uRice, futhi ujabule ngamathemba wokuthi le ndaba ingaholela kuphi encwadini elandelayo asevele eyibhala. Ukugxila kuzohlala kuLestat wakhe amthandayo kanye nama-vampire sonke esiye sawathanda kule minyaka engamashumi amane edlule futhi sigxile esizweni sonkana kunasezincwadini zememori ezizodwa ezifana Pandora futhi Igazi neGolide esikubonile esikhathini esedlule.

Inoveli entsha bekungeyona ukuphela kwezindaba ezinkulu uRice azidalulile emhlabeni muva nje. Abalandeli baphinde benzelwa izindaba zokuthi ubuyise amalungelo okulingisa kuwo wonke ama- IVampire Chornicles. Kwakuyisimemezelo esasusa uthuthuva ekuthandeni kwakhe ngokuqagela ukufometha nokusakaza lapho ememezela nokuthi angathanda ukubona ukujwayela njengochungechunge lwethelevishini, hhayi uchungechunge lwamafilimu kuphela.

“Njengamanje, sibonga kakhulu ngentshisekelo ekhonjiswe ngabaningi ochungechungeni lwethelevishini iVampire Chronicles futhi sikala ngokucophelela lokho esikunikezayo noma okukhona esesikutholile. Okwesikhashana, umbono wami ochungechungeni uzoba nebhizinisi lokukhiqiza eli-oda iziqephu zesizini yonke futhi linikeze umphakathi isizini yonke ngasikhathi sinye, ”wangitshela. “Kodwa kukhona namanye amathuba. Ngiyethemba amanani wokukhiqiza aphakeme kakhulu, kanye nokuzibophezela ekulandiseni indaba kaLestat kusukela ekuqaleni – kusukela ebudodeni bakhe eFrance kuze kufike ekutholeni kwakhe ngekhulu lama-21 lezixhumanisi ezixhumanisa ama-vampire nenganekwane yombuso olahlekile I-Atlantis-I-Lestat yenziwa i-vampire ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-18 eParis, futhi cishe khona manjalo uhlela ukuthola imvelaphi yalezi zinhlobo, nokuthi yiziphi ezinye izidlabuzane ezikhona emhlabeni. Ukufuna kukaLestat kudale uchungechunge. ”

Abathandi bamanoveli bakhishwa kanzima yifilimu Indlovukazi Yalahliwe ngoba kwathathwa inkululeko eminingi ngale ndaba futhi izinto eziningi zashintshwa ukuze kwakhiwe i-movie eyodwa evela kumanoveli amabili. Umbhali ufuna ukuqinisa lolovalo ngangokunokwenzeka, noma kunjalo, ethi ugqugquzelwa uhlobo lochungechunge lwethelevishini olutholakale eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.

"Sizibophezele ekwethembekeni kwendaba, futhi ukukholwa kuyo njengendaba ephoqelela kakhulu futhi engadingi ukuniselwa nganoma iyiphi indlela noma ihlanekezelwe nganoma iyiphi indlela ukubhekana" nokukhathazeka kwanamuhla. Sifuna uhlobo lokholo kulokho okwakhonjiswa nguDavid Geffen noNeil Jordan ekwenzeni ifilimu Ukuxoxisana neVampire ngo-1994. Futhi silangazelela amanani akhangayo okukhiqiza nokwenza okuhle esikubonile ku- “Game of Thrones” naku- “The Crown.” Ithelevishini isenkathini yegolide njengamanje ngezinye zezinganekwane zokudala ezake zabonwa kwifilimu. Ukuqondiswa kobuciko, i-cinematography, ukulingisa… konke kulungile manje. Ngijabule, ngijabule, ukusebenza kulokhu. Olunye uchungechunge oluye lwangikhuthaza kakhulu kule minyaka edlule luthi “The Tudors,” “Deadwood,” “Six Feet Under,” “Carnivale,” Neil Jordan “The Borgias,” “Hell on Wheels,” kanye no “Penny Dreadful” engi ngisanda kuqala ukujabulela. Baningi kakhulu abanye esingabaqamba ngamagama. ”

Ukuze uhlale unolwazi ngazo zonke izindaba zakamuva, ungalandela u-Anne kuye osebenza kakhulu ikhasi Facebook naku-Twitter @AnneRiceAuthor. Ungahle ufune nokuhlola ikhasi le-Facebook IziKronike zeVampire ukujwayela okusungulwe ngu-Anne nendodana yakhe, umbhali onekhono uMnu. UChristopher Rice.

Njengoba silinde inkambo elandelayo edilini eliqhakazile okungukuthi i- IziKronike zeVampire, akukaze kwephuze ukubamba. Thatha ikhophi ye- INkosana uLestat kanye nezindawo zase-Atlantis namuhla!